Xeon EC5539 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (1333 vs 3)
Lower TDP (65W vs 80W)
Intel Xeon E5 2609 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 1 months late
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 2)
Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.266GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (10MB vs 4MB)
More modern manufacturing process (32nm vs 45nm)